Improvement in lighting and trimming lamps



J. GALLAGHER. I Lam p Bur rier.

I Patented June 24.1862.

- Witn/sses Fig. 4. is an elevation of the same.

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GALLAGHER, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, CHRISTOPHERDORFLINGER, ANSON J UDSON, AND ANTOINE REGAN,

ALL OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN LIGHTING AND TRIMMING LAMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,733, dated Ju11c24,1862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN GALLAGHER, of

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented anImprovement in. Lamps for Burning Kerosene, Goal, or Similar 0 is, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists of an improvement in burners forlamps-burning kerosene, coal, or similar oils, so as to obviate I thenecessity of removing or displacing the reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, with letters of reference marked thereon, the redlines showing the positions of I the parts when it is ,required to fill,trim, or

light the lamp.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation giving an external and. also aninternal view and vertical cross-section ofthe wick-tube. Fig. 2 isa-longitudinal elevation of the same, showing the opening or doorthrough which the'lamp is filled, trinnned,-and lighted. Fig. 3 shows aplan of the wick-tube with its appendages. Fig. 5 is the wick-tube andappendages in the different positions required for filling, trimming, orlighting the lamp.

' A is the body or shell of the burner with my improvement, which Iconstruct of a cylindrical form, and of a diameter and length suitableforthe lamp for which it is intended.

The sides of the body A, I perforate to ad mit the proper supply of-airto support com- 'bustion. On one side of the body A, and near the centerlongitudinally, I make an opening, B, snfficiently large to allow the.wicktubeO to protrude. The opening B is fitted with a door or slide, D,which is also perforated the same as the body A, to which it is attachedby a hinge or other suitable device. On opposite a sides of the body A,at right angles with openl ng'B, and on or near a line horizontal withthe center of the opening B, are situated the bearings E E, whichsupport the wick-tube G, A

together with the disk or cover F. This disk or cover has attached to ittwo journals, I I, l to correspond with and fit the bearings E E. In thebody A one of the journals I terminates outside in a crank, G, to whichis attached a spring pin or wrist, H, intended to keep the wick-tube Oin a vertical or proper position by means of a corresponding.opening ordepression in the body A.

J is a cone or deflector, which has at its top or apex an opening of theordinary form. Its base terminates in a flange in the ordinary I way,and is supported by an internal projec- F tion in the body of the burnerA. The cone J, together with the chimney Q, may be held down by any ofthe ordinary devicesnow in use for that purpose.

The body A is attached to the fount or body 'of the lamp R by means of acollar, 0, either sliding over, or by means of a screw in the ordinaryway.

In operating a burner of my improvement 7 the door D is opened, thespring-pin II is withdrawn from the hole or depression in the l body A,the crank is then depressed or turned to about onefourth of arevolution. This causes the wick-tube O to protrude through 1 theopening B sufficiently to admit of filling, trimming, or lighting thelamp without the necessity of removing or disturbing the chimney.

l Having thus, I believe, fully described my invention, I now set forthmy claims.

I claim asmyinvention and desire to secure by Letters Patent thejournalsI I, or their equivalents, and opcrating substantially as and for thepurposes herein described. p I 2. The opening B, with its door D, forthe purposes herein described and set forth.

JOHN GALLAGHER.

\Vitn esses: i JAMES 'BUOKLEY,

WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM.

1. Suspending the wick tube Gby means of

